The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-07-09

| have sought out many invontions-la
| point OF fact the Yankee has about taken
: off the primal curse pronounced AGAINST
our first parents, Thou shalt earn thy
bread in the swta at of thy brow. Our
wives, mothers and sisters have their
parior sewing machines and kitchen
ranges with which they manufacture our
raiment aud prepare our food with lutte
labor and less annoyance. Our farmers
till their fields in buggies and gather
their golden sheaves in state carriages.
But the universal Yankee has invented
som-thing else that far surpasses all these
he invented universal education, the
commen school system. The good seed
doubtless cane over In the May ii pwer.
In ante-r voiutlonary times the founda'
tions of Yale were Lard IN the north aud
William and Mary in the south
When the battle was done and
peace aud liberty came together,
the old mother of t4tes made
free aud voluntary Gift of all her north
western territory (uow comprising tive OF
the principal stat S OF the Unit'l 20 the
general government for the pubic well
fare, sae,edIy dedicated to freedom aud
the unborn generations. As these Terri
tories rose 70 the d gnity of States, the
sixteenth aud thirty SECTIONS In
every township were set apart az an IN.
alien ibe inheritance to every child born
or to be boru within her borders. Al of
the States subsequently admitted into
! the family, bothnorth aud south, adopted
/ the system OF the public schools. Aud
now If beneath the ourls of any little boy
who takes part in the exercises OF to-day
/ there should be the brain Of some mute,
inglorious Milton. some Cromwell, guilt.
! less OF his country's blood" he can no
/, longer grow -up, live and die and be bur
! led 10 the valley cirurchyard without
/, those environments for the development
/ of whstever intellectual endow ments God
has gwen him. And now we will close
this preface with something like .
! prophecy: Why may not some poet 10
the coming years, whose lips have been
! touched with Isaiai,'s ballowed fire,
standing upon the heights of Star Peak,
and locking down upon our lovely valley,
! when he beholds the sm Ike curling up
; from numberless furnac $; when be be-
holds some grand metropolis or new
Jerusalem. whose streets are filled with
|
why may he not sing as did the prophet
of old:
, ''2se, crowned with light, imperial Sa EN-, rise.
! Lift up thy tow'ring head, lift W thine EYES.
| See lons race thy spacious counts adorn.
| Seo future sons and daughters yet unb rn.
! See barbarous nations at thy gates att nd.
| WAX in thy light and in thy temples bend"
At an early hour of the day nearly all
the citizens and guests repaired to the
GROVE,
/ Where preparations had previously been
uAd. foe cYi,duesing the literary e&ei cises
i AND h ldlng the p,cnlc A platform mad
| been butt Tor tue occasion, aud pavilion
erected for The Audience, The Stage was
decorated - lth the intvtabls rcd, White
aud biu4, aud the chooi organ had b. eu
moved TO the platform. S.y-Ial auds
! had been prepared v here such resuscItat.
| lng articles as Ice cream, lemon abe, sod !.
! water, ging r ale, cigars, candies, nuts,
traits aud the Ike could he pro ured at
reasonable rates. The Big. M a1ou 3
scho II. under the direct management Of
| it's highly accomplished. beautiful aud
talented preceptress, MISS Nellie Mai
Ash, led OFT in the literary exercises.
| Ihe opening chorus. sour Greeting, ."
also the song '.Mt. Vernon Bells" were
well rendered aud ELECTED POUNDS of
hearty applause. The school exercises
comprised 80 r citations, d alognes. tarc' $
AMI songs. The dialogue The Way to
Wlndham," by James MAXWELL and
Clarence Larreo, aud the farce, The
Team to Morrow" enacted by Mrs.
Damn, Mr., Morrison and O. X. Reed,
we're especial y sle aud well rendered.
To partIcniarze where all did SO we'll
would be unfslt, aud take up more space
than we can spare. Saffice is to say that
the exercises Of the Big Meadows school
reflect great credit upon all who took
part, and must have been gratifying to
pareuts aud teacher. Too much praise
canuot he given Miss Ash for the ahls
manner in which she conducted the whole
affair, aud the hearty congratulatiou she
received at the close evidenced the fact
that her efforts were appreciated a. they
deserved. BY UNANIMOUS voice Mr.. ii.
| {. EHnons was chosen as President OF
! the Day. After the school children had
competed their portion of the prog ramme
a recess @as taken for the purpose of at.
tending to the inner man, Aud 81. h
bountiful collation. was never before
spread before collection OF hungry peo-
pie. After having parsaken OF the past
the Chairman called the a-semblaye to
ordtr, and immediately introduced the